Events

Family Concert – Mechanized Musical Magic: Getting from Here to There

Just how do you plan to get to our Family Concert on January 26th? No doubt you'll take a car, train, or bicycle. Maybe it'll be a horse, helicopter or spaceship! However you arrive, you'll enjoy and relate to our theme: Mechanized Musical Magic. It's a short concert, but a fast ride for the entire family. All ages welcome! Hold on to your hats and keep your hands inside the concert at all times!

Vienna Ball

Conductors
Robert Baldwin

An Italian Odyssey

Conductors
Nicholas Palmer

  • Rossini William Tell Overture
  • Tchaikovsky Capriccio Italien, op. 45
  • Berlioz Harold in Italy, op. 16 Solo: Robert Baldwin, viola

Music on the Orient Express

Conductors
Gerald Elias

  • Enesco Romanian Rhapsody No. 1
  • Iachimciuc, Igor Adagio
  • Bartók Concerto for Orchestra

Verdi: A Bicentennial Celebration

Conductors
Michael Huff, Lawrence Spell, Robert Baldwin

  • Verdi Four Sacred Pieces
  • Verdi “Anvil Chorus” from Il Travatore
  • Verdi La Forza del Destino Overture
  • Verdi “Pace, pace mio dio" from La Forza del Destino Solo: Melissa Heath, soprano
  • Verdi “Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves” from Nabucco (va pensiero)
  • Verdi “Triumphal March” & “Ballet” from Aida

Guest
Utah Voices, chorus

Season Opener

Conductors
Robert Baldwin

  • Wolking, Henry Salt Lake Overture
  • Brahms Double Concerto Solo: Ralph Matson, violin; John Eckstein, cello
  • Sibelius Symphony #1

East Meets West: Promoting Peace Through Music

Conductors
Robert Baldwin

  • Ippolitov-Ivanov Procession of the Sardar from Caucasian Sketches
  • Merritt Dervish
  • Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade
  • traditional Popular Persian tunes

Guest
Monika Jalili and her Persian Ensemble

Through a Child’s Eyes

Conductors
Robert Baldwin

  • Menotti Amahl and the Night Visitors
  • Arnold The Holly and the Ivy (Fantasy on Christmas Carols)
  • traditional Do You Hear What I Hear? Arr: Regney/Lowden
  • traditional Mary's Little Boy Child Arr: Hairston
  • traditional A Holly & Jolly Sing-Along

Family Concert: Symphonic Stories

Conductors
Robert Baldwin

  • Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf
  • Smith The Great Locomotive Chase
  • Grieg In the Hall of a Mountain King.
  • Gregson-Williams Chronicles of Narnia Suite
  • Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade: Last mvt. excerpt

Vienna Ball

Conductors
Jong-hun Bae

Irish Ides are Smiling

Conductors
Robert Baldwin

  • Williams, John Symphonic Excerpts from "Far and Away" (side by side)
  • Grainger Irish Tune from County Derry Side-by-Side with high school students
  • Harty In Ireland Solo: Christina Castellanos, flute
  • Beach Symphony #2 "Gaelic"